Prediction accuracy and medication instructions: Will you remember tomorrow?

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-154

  Gould, Odette N ^a   McDonald Miszczak, Leslie ^b   Gregory, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; PREDICTION; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033395024     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.2.141.788     Document Type: Article

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